Ironing-machine.



A; R. GUSTAFSON.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.26, 1912. RENEWED MAR. 16, 1914.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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Application filed. August 26, 1.912, Serial No. 717,02'1.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Axnr. R. GUs'rArso-N, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in ironing machines and is designed to provide a machine which is simple in construction and operation, and easily manipulated. during the operation of ironing.

I have devised and constructed improved mechanism by means of which .the shoe or concave iron is withdrawn fromthe roller, and in so doing have materially simplified the construction and operation of this type of machine.

In the accompanying .drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is'a. side elevationat the left end of a machine embodying the novel features of my invention, the parts being shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but the parts are thrown out and the shoe or concave iron is withdrawn from the roller. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail of the compression roll. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the machine, from the right end. Fig. 5 is a. front elevation of the machine. Fig. 6 is a broken rear elevation of the shoe. Fig. 7 is a detail plan view of the feed table. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the construction of the anti-friction roller and abutting cam.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings the machine is supported upon the usual frame 1 which is in turn supported upon the legs or standards 2. The compression roll 3 is supporteu in bearings in the frame 1, there being a stud shaft 4 or trunnion at each end of the wood core 5 of the roller, and a felt a pad or covering 6 incasing the wood core.

The roll is journaled in bearings 7 and the journal is lubricated from the oil cup 8, one of the latter being provided for each journal.

For rotating the roller I provide a worm wheel 9 which is actuated from the worm shaft 10 by means of the worm screw 11 thereon, the shaft being supported in bear- Specification of Letters Batent.

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ings 12' at one side of frame 1, and passing through oil cups 125 which prevent leakage of the lubricant- The worm shaft. 10 is driven from a motor 14 through the wheels 15 and 16 and beltv 17,. there being an electric switch located at a convenient point on the machine for operating the motor, as will: be

understood.

The surface. 18:- of the shoe or concave heated iron 19. coacts with the compression roller in laundrying an article as it is' passed between the members. The shoe or iron may be heated by gas, gasolene, steam or electricity. but in the drawings I have illustrated a gasi pipe 20. located in the lower part of the iron and provided with flame outlets 21. Gas is fed to the burner pipe 20 from a suitable supply through the tube 22 and valved cap 23, and the ignition of the gas in the iron or shoe heats the concave surface 18 to the proper degree of temperature for eihcient work.

The heated iron is movable toward and away from the compression roll, and is slidable in the frame 1, the slots 24 and guide pieces 2-5 '(the latter carried by the iron) being provided for guiding the movement of the iron. The iron is normally urged toward the compression roll by springs 26 which are held between the iron and a lug 27 on the frame, the usual screws 28 being provided for adjustment of the spring.

For the .purpose of moving the shoe or iron from the roller, I provide a le er mechanism comprising the two lever arms 29, 29 which are connected by the upper cross bar 30, and the arms are pivoted at- 31, 31 in the inner face of the frame 1.

The upper portions of the lever arms 29 are located outside the frame 1, but the lower portions are located within the Walls of theframe, openings 32 being provided in the frame to accommodate the bent arms.

The lower end of each arm is provided with a cam edge 33, and at the extreme end of each arm a recess or notch 34 is formed. This cam and notched end are adapted to engage a roller 35 journaled on the iron.-

19, the different positions and locations of parts being indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

A feed table 36 is supported at the upper part of the frame 1, and this may be removed by turning the wing nuts 37, in case it becomes necessary to have access to the roller,,to renew the padding thereon for instance.

The clothes receptacle 38 is supported below the operating parts of the machine and at its forward end is formed with a deheated iron and roller are illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 respectively. In Fig. 1 the iron and roller are in operative position. To throw out the concave iron the bar which is grasped in the hands, is pulled to the right in Fig. l, and the roller rides upon the cam edge 33 of the lever arms. The movement of the lever arms on the fulcrums 31 pushes the carriage, iron, and gas vburner away from the roller, against the tension of the springs 26 and the movement continues until the roller 35 is seated in the recess 34 of the'lever arm and when in this position the parts are locked, as in Fig. 2. I

In order to keep sheets and other flat articles folded while being fed to the rollers from the feed table 38 I provide a metallic plate 38 secured to the table by means of the wing nut 37 and held in an elevated position thereabove by means of the washer 39 The flat articles are thus fed, in a foldei position, under the plate and between it am the table, a

Havingthus fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure b; Letters Patent is In an ironing machine including its fram and a compression roll, the combination of 1 slidable concave heated iron having an anti friction roller at each end, and a pair 0 levers pivoted in the frame having a con neoting cross-bar, each of said levers havin a cam edge to engage one of said roller: wher eb the concave iron may be pushe from t e compression roll, and a recess t engage the roller and hold the chest in ex tended position.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signatur in presence of two witnesses.

-AXEL R. GUSTAFSON.

Witnesses IRWIN D. GROAK, HAROLD M. Ross. 

